He Ao lowered his head and looked at the enormous face below. Crackling lightning gathered at his fingertips.
The pressure was far stronger than before, and it carried a kind of rank-based oppression. This was definitely not as simple as the Fountain of Youth supplying life force.
Some higher-level existence was providing the Stone Quarryman with "support."
But this had not exceeded He Ao's expectations. He raised his head and looked at the thick fog around him.
Bang--
A brilliant bolt of lightning appeared in the vault of the sky and streaked across the heavens.
The dense fog was scorched by the lightning, letting out violent sizzling sounds.
A faint itch gradually surfaced across He Ao's cheeks, arms, and body.
But He Ao ignored the itching and continued looking up at the sky.
Fine lightning flickered over the Page of the Book of Past Days in his hand, then swiftly receded.
He poured the power from the Historical Contract into the Page of the Book of Past Days. The black page gleamed with a deeper color.
The Page of the Book of Past Days had a simple ability: it could pull phantoms out of history.
But these historical phantoms were not limited to the three angelic evil spirits in the Echoes of the Past Ruins within the Book of Past Days. They also included people in reality who had deep mystical connections with He Ao.
This was He Ao's first time using this ability.
The original Page of the Book of Past Days could summon an angel's phantom, but it could not sustain an angel's full combat strength. It could only display the power of a Defective Angel, at most barely approaching that of a true angel.
But after being strengthened by the power of the Historical Contract, He Ao